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lords-and-ladies

 
Dictionary: lords-and-la·dies
(lôrdz'ən-lā'dēz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
See cuckoopint.

[From its dark (lords) and light (ladies) spadices.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  Synonyms: cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum


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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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